Alternative ways to improve productivity through online learner-content interaction
In this post, I attempt to examine what Sanjay Sharma of MIT calls 'the magic of the campus', how at least some of this...
Welcome back and a review of online learning developments in July and August
Here in Canada, tomorrow is the start of a new academic year. I know, because our garbage cans are full and the back lane...
Tom Carey’s reflections on the HEQCO report on online learning and productivity: 2 –...
Carey, T., & Trick, D. (2013). How Online Learning Affects Productivity, Cost and Quality in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan and Review of the...
What happened in online learning in the summer? – 3
An Ontario online university?
I have a strict rule when reporting news to make sure it's based on published secondary sources - in other words,...
The role of information sciences in online learning: a review of IRRODL, Vol. 13,...
An overview of the papers
IRRODL (the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning) has once again produced a fascinating themed edition, this...
Distance Education journal: November 2012 edition
Volume 33, No. 3 of Distance Education does not have a particular theme. But all the articles in one way or another discuss critical factors...
Online learning in 2012: a retrospective
Well, 2012 was certainly the year of the MOOC. Audrey Watters provides a comprehensive overview of what happened with MOOCs in 2012, so I...
MOOCs move into credit-based higher education
Kolowich, S. (2012) MOOCs for credit, Inside Higher Education, October 29
This article reports on an interesting deal signed between Coursera and Antioch University. Antioch is...
What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs
TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 8: Communicate, communicate, communicate
© Care2, 2012In this post I stress the importance of ongoing, continuing communication between instructor and students in an online environment, and in particular...